Envelope



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN G. BLAIR, OF HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA.

ENVELOPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,646, dated April 26, 1881.

' Application filed February 26,1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. BLAIR, a citizen of the United States, resident at Huntingdon, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Envelopes and Blot-ters 5 and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or gures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specitication.

Figure 1 is a representation ot' a plan view with the cover thrown back. Fig. 2 is a view with the cover closed, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for receiving paper or materials for writing.

The invention consists in an envelope having a sheet of blotting-paper attached thereto, as hereinafterfullydescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the annexed drawings, A represents an envelope having a size suitable for the contents to be placed therein. Instead ofthe ordinary flap for sealing, the envelope has a short lip, c, turned down and gulnmed.

B is a sheet of blottingpaper of a size a little less than that of the envelope. One edge, b, of this paper is glued to the lip a, and, cov- This construction is intended to be used in l all sizes and kinds of envelopes, including extra large for law business and insurance forms, lnedium forlegul papers, still smaller t'ornotepaper and envelopes, long and narrow size for notes and checks, and ordinary commercial size suitable for a variety of uses.

I am aware that an envelope having a back ot sized paper with the opposite side of unsized or blotting paper, isnot new,and I make no broad claim thereto.

What I claim is- An envelope, A, having the sheet of blotting-paper B attached to the short Hap a, substantiall y as andt'or the purposes set t'orth.

In testimony whereotI I aflix my signature in presence ot' two witnesses.

J. O. BLAlR.

Witnesses:

W. A. ORBIsoN, WM. P. ORnIsoN. 

